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I don't know if anyone here has tried this before, but I thought I'd
mention it. I have found creating a circuit diagram from a PC board a big PITA. Especially vexing is continually flipping the board over to determine the connections. If you have ever tried, you know what I mean. Recently I found a way to make this problem a lot easier. First, take a digital photo (close up, high resolution) of both sides of the board. Then use an image editing program like Photoshop to flip the trace side image to it's mirror image and remove everything but the traces from the image. That's relatively easy because the board is all green and the traces are all gray. Finally, paste that image as an "alpha channel" with semi-transparency into the component side image. The result is a full color "x-ray" of the PCB showing the traces and solder joints directly under the components. It takes a little experimentation to get the transparency and alignment of the two images just right but the result is worth it. -- Nelson |
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